ARTWORK OF THE WEEK
Artwork of the Week: Mountains in February
Born in Okayama, Japan in 1885, Chiura Obata moved to San Francisco in 1903. His impactful career included an art professorship at UC Berkeley
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Artwork of the Week: Winter 1982 Calendar of Events
George S. Dibble was an American painter, art critic for the Salt Lake Tribune, and professor at the University of Utah. Born on March 29, 1904, in Oahu, Hawaii, Dibble studied art at the University of Utah before joining the Art Students League of New York.
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Artwork of the Week: Winter Scene
George S. Dibble was an American painter, art critic for the Salt Lake Tribune, and professor at the University of Utah. Born on March 29, 1904, in Oahu, Hawaii, Dibble studied art at the University of Utah before joining the Art Students League of New York.
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Artwork of the Week: Winter Landscape
Joseph Alma Freestone Everett was born in Salt Lake City. He studied art with James Harwood, John Hafen, and Lee Greene Richards at home before pursuing training in Paris and New York City.
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Artwork of the Week: Winter in Taos
Joseph Adam Imhof was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1871. He was hired as a lithographer by Currier and Ives, and by 1891, had earned enough money to pursue a formal art education in Europe.
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Artwork of the Week: House in Winter
Florence Frandsen was born on December 24, 1908, in Moroni, Utah. She attended Brigham Young University, where she studied art under the direction of B.F. Larsen and Calvin Fletcher.
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Artwork of the Week: Shepherd and Sheep in Snow
This watercolor by Dutch artist Francois Pieter Meulen evokes the words of Jesus Christ, “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep” (John 10:11).
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Artwork of the Week: Nativity and Adoration of the Magi
Iconic scenes such as this one were used by worshippers as a window into the spiritual world, allowing them to see and participate in the sacred events that are depicted.
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Artwork of the Week: Student at a Table by Candlelight
Students across university campuses are well acquainted with the feeling of a late-night study session, especially as finals approach.
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Artwork of the Week: Winter Trees
Winter Trees was painted by the watercolorist and educator Edward Maryon who taught art at the University of Utah for over 30 years.
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Artwork of the Week: Fall Games—The Apple Bee
Mahonri Young’s drawing invites the viewer to experience this fall day alongside the farmer plowing the field.
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Artwork of the Week: Fall Flowers
Mahonri Young’s drawing invites the viewer to experience this fall day alongside the farmer plowing the field.
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Artwork of the Week: En Bateau (The Boat Ride)
Mahonri Young’s drawing invites the viewer to experience this fall day alongside the farmer plowing the field.
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Artwork of the Week: Fall Plowing
Mahonri Young’s drawing invites the viewer to experience this fall day alongside the farmer plowing the field.
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Artwork of the Week: Deborah and Ma Cat
Do you feel like we are intruding? This surrealist inspired painting sure doesn’t seem like it wants us to understand what exactly is going on.
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Artwork of the Week: Yellow Cat Belonging to a Thinking Woman
Hal Douglas Himes taught printmaking at BYU for several years. His work is often encoded with cryptic symbols that tease the viewer with intended meanings while subverting their attempts to arrive at any straightforward interpretation.
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Artwork of the Week: The Cat
These cats are beginning to get a bit creepy!
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Artwork of the Week: Anonymous Japanese Print
The cat depicted in this anonymous Japanese print has been causing its owner trouble—this is clearly not their first catch.
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Artwork of the Week: Two Cats and Three Buckets
In the spirit of Halloween, this month the MOA is celebrating one of nature’s most enigmatic creatures: cats!
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Artwork of the Week: The Blind Man at the Pool of Siloam
The Gospel of John contains 7 signs or miracles, and the healing of the blind man at the Pool of Siloam is the 6th.
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Artwork of the Week: Lazy Autumn
In 1939, Dixon and his wife built a home in Mt. Carmel, Utah. Here they admired the natural landscape of the area until his death in 1946. This quintessentially Utahn scene portrays Native Americans as part of the natural landscape.
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Artwork of the Week: Sunset, Hudson River
As we anticipate the transition from the blistering of summer heat to the crispness of fall, let us celebrate a painting in which the sun itself retreats into the autumn leaves.
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Artwork of the Week: Riding the Girder
This Labor Day, we celebrate Mahonri Young- a social realist and grandson of Latter-day Saint prophet Brigham Young. Young celebrated laborers throughout his entire career- both in his art and in his personal advocacy.
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Artwork of the Week: Self-Portrait
From the time she was a little girl, Minerva Teichert wanted to be an artist.
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Artwork of the Week: A Corner Window in a Pawn Shop
The smells of old paper, curtains, and metals envelop you as you peek into the neighborhood pawn shop.
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